MasterChef Australia

MasterChef Australia: Where are they now?

We find out what happened to last year's contestants and what
might be in store for the winner of MasterChef Australia this
year.

Series 1 MasterChef winner
Julie
Goodwin released her cookbook Our Family Table back in April
and even has her own television show, Home Cooked with Julie
Goodwin, which premiered on Channel Nine in August.

She's also made several guest appearances on New Zealand
television, visiting
Good
Morning earlier this year.

Bubbly runner up
Poh
Ling Yeow was one step ahead of Julie with a cooking show on
Poh's Kitchen currently airing on ABC in Australia.

Chris Badenoch , aka the hairy one, faced more
scandal than celebrity with accusations of cheating on the show
from an ex-girlfriend. He too has a cookbook on the way, focussing
on his nose to tail style of cooking meat.

Justine
Schofield from the final four now has a successful media and
cooking career with food demonstrations, cooking for private dinner
parties and guest appearances at major food events as well as work
experience at Matt Moran's Aria Restaurant. She also has a regular
blog on on the MasterChef Australia official site.

Some contestants like
Trevor and
Andre have gone on to open their own restaurants.
Others like
Julia
,
Kate
, and
Joshua
make regular television appearances.

Some MasterChef finalists haven't been so lucky.
Melissa came out of the first series with nothing
while
Aaron's post MasterChef career started out strong
with an apprenticeship at judge George's restaurant but problems
with his next chef job had him leave cooking for a career in
finance.

As MasterChef Australia keeps getting bigger, what will be in
store for the finalists from Series 2?

Sydney agency Forum5 secured the management rights to the final
10 contestants from series 2.

Forum 5 rep Lisa Sullivan told Australian newspaper The Herald Sun
that the top talent from the show could expect to begin banking
appearance fees of $15,000.

Already, former contestants from this series like
Marion
and
Aaron
have lines of food products on the way while others are pursuing
television careers.

Marion was even reported to have been paid handsomely by a car
company to chaperone clients on a test drive to Sydney's Palm
Beach.

So what will be in store for the winner of MasterChef Australia
this year?

They receive $100,000 and a cookbook publishing deal and with the
success of previous contestants and popularity of the show, the
winner is sure to have plenty on their plate.